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Dan-O The Gates of Troy

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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:50 pm Post subject: When your system goes down. |
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I had to call Didgidesign today. My 002 Rack was losing its firewire connection about minute after I would begin to record, then would come back online a minute to 10 minutes later. The shop guy said it sounds like the power suply ins't staying constant.
Have you ever had this or heard of this happening?
Looks like I have to ship it out for repair and I don't know how long it will take. Any advice on what I should do in the meantime? |
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Deirdre Czarina Emeritus

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anthonyVO 14th Avenue
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: When your system goes down. |
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Dan-O wrote: | I had to call Didgidesign today. My 002 Rack was losing its firewire connection about minute after I would begin to record, then would come back online a minute to 10 minutes later. The shop guy said it sounds like the power suply ins't staying constant.
Have you ever had this or heard of this happening?
Looks like I have to ship it out for repair and I don't know how long it will take. Any advice on what I should do in the meantime? |
Yup. It's most likely the power supply to your firewire drive, NOT your 002. I have the same problem now for 6 months
The power switch on the drive is sometimes cheap, and won't give a hard enough click, so after a while the contacts start to wear and you lose power for an instant - in which case, you lose your connection.
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Dan-O The Gates of Troy

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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Yup. It's most likely the power supply to your firewire drive, NOT your 002. |
Anthony, what your saying is that it's my computer, not my 002, right? |
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Deirdre Czarina Emeritus

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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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Are you using an outboard FW Drive? _________________ DBCooperVO.com
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Dan-O The Gates of Troy

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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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Outboard - meaning a seperate piece of hardware? The connection I have is in the back of my computer. (First time hearing the term, sorry.) |
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anthonyVO 14th Avenue
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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I think I may have misunderstood. I was under the impression that you're using an external (outboard) firewire Hard Drive as your audio drive. But I forgot that the 002 connects to your computer via Firewire - is that what you're referring to?
In any case, many times a loss of firewire connection DOES indeed mean loss of power if even for an instant.
Sorry for the confusion.
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